The Czech Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed concern over the way that the Belarusian presidential election was held and called on Minsk to not use force against the protesters

As the controversy is brewing increasingly tense in Belarus among the public and opposition following the presidential election, Sputnik has spoken to German lawmakers to find out whether they think the European Union should intervene or not

The European Union is concerned that the recent arrests in Hong Kong show how the National Security Law could limit freedoms in the region, the lead spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Peter Stano, said Monday in a statement

Andrzej Duda, Poland's president since 2015 and recently re-elected to sit another five-year term, took the oath in a ceremony at the Warsaw-based parliament's lower house, the Sejm, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Thursday

The United States has seen an improvement in the treatment of the political opposition in Belarus, President Donald Trump's nominee to become the US ambassador to Minsk Julie Fisher said on Wednesday

Myanmar's state counselor and de facto national leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been registered as a candidate to run in the country's parliamentary elections scheduled for early November, media reported on Tuesday